Love Redesigned

The next day of the Harvest Festival, Dahlia gets her family to help play a prank on Julian to get back at him for winning the competition. Dahlia, Lily, Rosa, and Josefina decorate Julian’s office with gaudy Christmas decorations over the weekend. The next morning when Julian enters the office, he admits that it could be Dahlia’s best prank yet, and he kisses her.

As Julian kisses Dahlia, he reconsiders his plan to get rid of her as soon as possible. Ryder has hired another male carpenter who flirts with Dahlia at the Founder’s house, so Julian promotes him to work on another project and tells Dahlia that he will be taking the carpenter’s place.

Julian attempts to enlist Rafa in a prank war against Dahlia. Rafa reluctantly agrees despite fearing for their relationship.

Julian begins working on carpentry at the Founder’s house but has trouble keeping up with business at the office. Dahlia offers to help him juggle some of his business, since she has extra time now that the TV show is canceled and her cast is off.

Dahlia hears something when she is alone in the house and pulls Julian inside to see if he hears it. Julian jokes that it is a ghost, but Dahlia fears he might be serious and the famed ghost of Gerald is there to haunt them.

Despite Dahlia’s warnings, Julian goes upstairs to see what’s going on, and when he doesn’t answer his phone, Dahlia follows. When she enters the attic, she sees a giant spider, her worst fear, before Julian and Rafa jump out from the shadows. After Rafa leaves, Julian reminds Dahlia of the promise he made about what he would do after her cast came off, and they have sex in the attic.

Once they leave the house, Julian invites Dahlia to have dinner with him at his house. He gives her the key for her to explore his place as he picks up food. At Julian’s house, they discuss their past and how Julian pushed her away after his father’s death, but Dahlia feels she is also at fault because she never tried to reconcile with him afterward. They also discuss how Julian feels lonely and how he eventually wants a wife but doesn’t particularly want children.

Dahlia and Julian have sex on his kitchen counter, causing Dahlia to worry about her growing feelings for him.

Julian hesitates as they stand outside of his bedroom, and when he opens the door, Dahlia sees it is because it is entirely decorated with pieces from her various collections. She also discovers that Julian has been reading a book on the town’s history and has discovered that Gerald helped found the town with a brother and his sister Wisteria. He also learned that Francesca was the mayor’s daughter and that Gerald’s family was forced to move from their hometown when Wisteria was caught in a scandal.

Josefina arrives at Julian’s house and immediately knows what has been going on between her son and Dahlia. Though Julian tries to swear her to secrecy, Josefina reveals that she has already told Rosa. When Dahlia wakes up the next morning, her mother talks to her about the relationship but says she is not worried about Julian hurting her, because she knows he would rather hurt himself first.

Lily finds Dahlia and shows her the video Rafa took of his and Julian’s prank, which has been shared with both of their families. The sisters begin to scheme about another prank they can pull on Julian, alluding to Lily’s friendship with a police officer.

Julian helps Dahlia prepare Thanksgiving dinner for their families, and Dahlia can’t deny the growing connection between them. Lily discovers the two in the kitchen and learns about their relationship. She asks Dahlia if things are as casual between them as she thinks they are, worrying that her sister will get hurt by their relationship. Though the family pretends not to know, Dahlia sees how they all hopefully look at her and Julian at dinner.

Julian tells Dahlia he has a surprise for her. As they drive to it, they discuss how they need to let go of their regrets and become friends again when she moves back to California.

Julian drives Dahlia to a house similar to the Founder’s house in the neighboring town of Lake Aurora. He tells her that he has purchased it for her to restore. Julian admits that he wants Dahlia to stay and to have a proper relationship with him because he is falling in love with her. Dahlia panics but admits to herself that she is falling for Julian too.

Dahlia and Julian have sex again. He thinks about how it is inevitable that she will fall for him, yet he fears what will happen if she doesn’t admit it like he did.

Dahlia almost feels bad about getting ready to pull another prank on Julian after he goes out of the way to bring her favorite meal from New York City, but she is flooded with anger when she remembers the video of the last prank he pulled.

Jamie calls and tells Dahlia that another network wants to do a show with her. They will pay her twice as much as her last show; however, the new show would require Dahlia to move back to California and start pre-production within the month. Julian overhears the phone call, and his immediate coldness makes Dahlia feel he is already pulling away from their relationship.